Over the last few weeks, Rolling Stone star journalist and Substacker Matt Taibbi has been one of the loudest voices insisting that warnings of Russian aggression against Ukraine were mainly dishonest hype and that such an invasion was extremely unlikely.
But then, Russia went and invaded Ukraine on Wednesday night. And on Thursday, Taibbi wrote a mea culpa for his substack readers, admitting he got the whole thing wrong and apologizing.
“Part of news and even commentary is admitting mistakes, and though I always made sure when discussing the subject to note Vladimir Putin could still invade Ukraine, I have to admit, I didn’t see this happening.